In an effort to convert enthusiasm surrounding her presidential bid into long-term support that would propel her to victory, Kamala Harris is set to announce her running mate on Monday.
Harris will kick off her five-day run Tuesday in the largest Pennsylvania as she builds momentum for her showdown with Republican Donald Trump on November 5.
“At this moment, we face a choice between two visions for our nation: one focused on the future and the other on the past… This campaign is about people coming together, fuelled by love of country, to fight for the best of who we are,” she posted on X.
The nation’s first Black female vice president will be in complete control of her party going into the national convention in Chicago in two weeks after garnering enough delegates’ votes to win the Democratic nomination.
The 59-year-old career prosecutor has destroyed funding records, drawn sizable audiences, and controlled social media in just two weeks of campaigning. She has also erased the polling leads Trump had accumulated prior to President Joe Biden’s withdrawal from the race.
Next on the agenda is a vice presidential pick, with an announcement expected any time before her rally Tuesday evening alongside the mystery nominee in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania’s largest city.
Pennsylvania is governed by 51-year-old Democrat Josh Shapiro, a frontrunner in the so-called “veepstakes” shortlist that also includes fellow state governors Tim Walz and Andy Beshear, as well as Arizona Senator Mark Kelly and US transport secretary Pete Buttigieg.
